x c=a+b+186
Source: Argentina 1999 OMA L3 p1
May 13, 2024
number theoryalgebra
Problem Statement
Three natural numbers greater than or equal to are written, not necessarily different, and from them a sequence is constructed using the following procedure: in each step, if the penultimate number written is , the penultimate one is and the last one is , it is written such that Determine all the possible values of the three numbers initially written so that when the process continues indefinitely all the written numbers are natural numbers greater than or equal to .